General

• Islamic World: Country Studies
  Prepared for Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. These are full descriptions of the countries concerned, in terms of history, geography, economy, etc. There are also useful bibliographies. [At LOC]
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates

• Kuwait Constitution, 1962 [At Wuerzburg]
• Mauritania Constitution, 1992 [At Wuerzburg]
• Morocco Constitution, 1992 [At Wuerzburg]
• Oman Constitution, 1996 [At Wuerzburg]
• Tunisia Constitution, 1991 [At Wuerzburg]
• Yemen Constitution, 1991 [At Wuerzburg]

• Benjamin R. Barber: Jihad Vs. McWorld,  The Atlantic Monthly, March 1992 [At The Atlantic][Added 7/23/98]

International Affairs/Organizations

• The Arab League
• Soviet Reaction to the Baghdad Pact, 1955 [At this Site]
• President Eisenhower: The Eisenhower Doctrine on the Middle East, A Message to Congress, January 5, 1957  [At this Site]
• TASS: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine, January 14 1957  [At this Site]

Algeria

• The Islamic Salvation Front National Provisional Executive Bureau:
  Communique No. 42, Algiers, November 14 1993 [At MS State]
• William Lewis, "Algeria at the Brink," Strategic Forum, National Defense University, Number 32, June, 1995  [At NDU]

Egypt

• Tahâ Hussein: From The Future of Culture in Egypt,  excerpts,1954 [At this Site]
• President Nasser: Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association, 1956  [At this Site]
• Anwar el Sadat: Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia, 1957  [At this Site]
• Phebe Marr, "Egypt's Regional Role", Strategic Forum, National Defense University, Number 24, April 1995  [At NDU]

Iran

• Ayatollah Khomeini: The Uprising of Khurdad 15, 1979 [At this Site]
• V.S. Naipaul: Among the Believers, The Atlantic Monthly, July 1981, [At The Atlantic][Added 7/23/98]
  Shia Islam in Revolutionary Iran.
• Iran Constitution, 1992 [At Wuerzburg]
  Includes a history of the 1979 revolution, and specific comments on the position of women.

Iraq 

history of Iraq

• Iraq Constitution, 1990 [At Wuerzburg]
•  Professor Bernard Reich & Major Stephen H. Gotowicki, "The United States and the Persian Gulf in the Bush Administration," United States Army, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, 1991  [At Army]

Kurdistan

• Robert Kaplan: Sons of Devils, The Atlantic Monthly, November 1987  [At The Atlantic]
  On Kurdish identity.
• Laurie Mylroie: After Saddam Hussein, The Atlantic Monthly, December 1992 [At The Atlantic]
  On the Kurds in the Middle East.

Libya

• Libya Constitution, 1969/1992 [At Wuerzburg]
• Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi: The Green Book (At Geocities)

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia Constitution, 1993 [At Wuerzburg]
• 2ND Douglas Jehl:  "Saudi Heartland Is Seething With Rage at Rulers and U.S.," New York Times, November 5, 1996   [At Mt Holyoke]

Syria

• Syria Constitution, 1973 [At Wuerzburg]

The Palestine/Israel Conflict

• See also Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
•  UNISPAL UN Information System on the Question of
  Palestine [At UN]
  A very large number of documents from 1946 until the present.
•  Basic Texts of Israel-Palestine History, 1917-1997 [At Israel Government Gopher]
• Documents Relating to the Middle East [At Mt. Holyoke]
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [At Mt. Holyoke]
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
•  The Country of Palestine
  Large collection of useful links, and some to Anti-semitic sites.
• United Nations Security Council Resolutions Relating to the Middle East [At Yale]

• Anglo-French Joint Statement on Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia, November 8, 1918  [At BYU]
• texts?

• The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917  [At Israel.Org]
• British White Paper of June 1922 on Palestine  [At Yale]
• British White Paper of 1939 on Palestine  [At Yale]
• Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1946  [At Yale]
• UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partition Plan), November 29, 1947  [At israel.org]
• The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948  [At isreal.org]

• Protection of Holy Places Law, June 27, 1967  [At Israel.Org]
• The Jerusalem Law, July 30, 1980   [At Israel.Org]
• US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation, November 30, 1981  [At Israel.Org]
• The Golan Heights Law, December 14, 1981  [At Israel.Org]

• UN Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967  [At Israel.Org]
• UN Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973  [At Israel.Org]
• Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria, May 31, 1974  [At Israel.Org]

• UN Security Council Resolution 425, March 19, 1978  [At Israel.Org]
• Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978   [At Israel.Org]
• Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979  [At Israel.Org]
• Israel's Peace Initiative, May 14, 1989   [At Israel.Org]
• Invitation to Madrid Peace Conference, October 30, 1991  [At Israel.Org]
• Israel-PLO Recognition, September 9-10, 1993  [At Israel.Org]
• Israel-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, September 13, 1993  [At Israel.Org]
• Israel-Jordan Common Agenda, September 14, 1993  [At Israel.Org]
• Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, May 4, 1994 - Preamble and Articles  [At Israel.Org]
• The Washington Declaration (Israel-Jordan-US), July 25, 1994  [At Israel.Org]
• Agreement on the Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities (Israel-PLO) August 29, 1994  [At Israel.Org]
• Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan, October 26, 1994
• Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, September 28, 1995  [At Israel.Org]
• Summit of Peacemakers - Final Statement (Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996)  [At Israel.Org]
• Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Understanding, April 16, 1996  [At Israel.Org]

• The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967  [At Israel.Org]
• Palestinian National Charter, July 17, 1968  [At Israel.Org]
• The Palestinian National Charter, 1968 [At Yale]
• Hamas Covenant, 1988 [At Yale]

• Local Culture
  • The Negev Bedouin [At BGU]
    A Photographic exabition.

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